Levitation with Bismuth

Floating magnets - thanks to diamagnetism

Author: Carlos Barrús, Madrid, Spain

Online since: 03/06/2008, Number of visits: 478416

With the help of the diamagnetic character of the metal "Bismuth" you can cause a magnet to levitate without any electronics.

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Levitation with small magnets

For this experiment I used two disc magnets S-03-01-N, which I positioned between two pieces of bismuth.

To work a little against gravity, I placed two W-05-N50-G cube magnets above the pieces of bismuth.

The hangar is made of a copper wire which was bent to the proper height by "trial and error".

And look: There you have a levitating magnet, without any complicated electronics!

Levitation with large magnets

Our customer Robin L. also built something to make magnets levitate between self-cast bismuth blocks. But he was thinking in larger dimensions. He attached a DEATH MAGNET on top to let the magnets levitate, which are:

Note from the supermagnete team: There are also other customer projects that deal with levitation:

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Articles used

S-03-01-N

Disc magnet Ø 3 mm, height 1 mm, holds approx. 190 g, neodymium, N48, nickel-plated

	20 pcs.	0,25 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,21 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,18 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,16 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 300 pcs.

Available: 217 640 pcs.

W-05-N50-G

Cube magnet 5 mm, holds approx. 1,2 kg, neodymium, N50, gold-plated

	10 pcs.	0,51 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,42 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,39 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,35 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 850 pcs.

Available: 9 680 pcs.

Death Magnet

Block magnet 50,8 x 50,8 x 25,4 mm, holds approx. 100 kg, neodymium, N40, nickel-plated

	1 pc.	69,22 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	62,72 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	56,91 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	54,09 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	51,59 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 80 pcs.

Available: 395 pcs.

K-13-C

Sphere magnet Ø 12,7 mm, holds approx. 2,4 kg, neodymium, N42, chrome-plated

	1 pc.	3,22 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	2,86 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	2,54 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,38 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	2,25 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 500 pcs.

Available: 5 230 pcs.

R-27-16-05-N

Ring magnet Ø 26,75/16 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 11 kg, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated

	1 pc.	4,06 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	3,57 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	3,14 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,92 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	2,74 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 280 pcs.

Available: 1 914 pcs.

W-05-N50-N

Cube magnet 5 mm, holds approx. 1,2 kg, neodymium, N50, nickel-plated

	10 pcs.	0,51 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,42 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,39 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,35 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 800 pcs.

Available: 28 350 pcs.

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